November 2012 Tubac Villager

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Tubac Center of the Arts Expansion November Events Santa Cruz County Update the YARD WOMAN has a New Location

thirty years in Tubac

GARY BRASHER

Vol. VIII

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Borderlands Photographer

Friends of Our Heritage, Part 3

Options for Dining out on Thanksgiving

Sinister Stickers

Photographs from Around Tubac

Barktoberfest raises thousands for SCHS

LETTERS

Amado grows with Wholesome Farms' GREENHOUSES

Remnants from Ruth & more...

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Larger Tubac Center of Arts is Impressive

November 2012

Please make ad reservations for the December issue of the Villager by November 21st; Printing December 3rd

The impressive stone fountain at the Tubac Center of the Arts draws attention from Susan and Bob Maurer at the Oct. 21 opening. Marla Bouchein admires some of the paintings in the new Master Artist Gallery at the Tubac Center of the Arts.

by Kathleen Vandervoet

The Tubac Center of the Arts has grown significantly during the past 40 years. And on the 40th anniversary of the original opening of the center in 1972, a greatly-expanded center welcomed supporters to its open house held Oct. 21.

“It turned out even better than I hoped,” said Jan Schoeben, president of the art center’s board of directors, about the expansion. “I think the quality of the building is amazing.”

An anchor in the village of Tubac, the art center has solidified its place while, at the same time, it’s added a shot in the arm of new sophistication.

The center welcomes those who’ve heard about Tubac being an art-centered community. With no admission fee, visitors can come in and browse the museum-like building and get a feel for the community.

The 3,600-square-foot expansion means there is now a third large art gallery. Here, the master artist gallery is located. Schoeben explained that it provides the space for the art center to build a permanent collection of work by individuals who lived in Tubac at one time.

An important extra is a separate room that can be used for fine arts or crafts workshops, lectures or for meetings. In the past, a gallery space served that function but wasn’t quite adequate.

An art reference library will now do justice to the books that the center owns. Other additions includes several much-needed storage rooms and a room to hold and process incoming art works that, in many cases, are shipped from points across the United States.

A new lunch room and two restrooms for the many volunteers along with the staff are designed to meet ADA requirements.

The art center has always enjoyed the support of volunteers

and there are approximately 200 people this year who help in every aspect of its operation.

The entry patio has been widened and includes a gentle paved ramp for those with mobility problems. A paved sidewalk along the front of the property makes it easier to enter the center.

A joyous addition to the brick patio is many bricks that were purchased and engraved with the names of current supporters or as a memorial to those who have passed away.

They’re set into the patio and are fun to look at. Memorial bricks can still be purchased.

The expansion cost more than $500,000 and was completely funded by donations. The co-chairs of the capital campaign were Pam Parkinson and Dave Bouchein. The design was by Art Coppola of Esquema Architecture and the contractor was Lorin Jacobson of Jacobson Custom Homes of Tubac.

Fundraising continues; Karin Topping, director of operations, said they hope for an additional $65,000 for building exterior hardscape, to complete interior renovation and for exterior landscaping and signage. Schoeben said the master plan calls for a sculpture garden along the front of the building.

The Tubac Center of the Arts is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the celebration and promotion of the arts through education, exhibitions, performances, and the collection and presentation of art that honors the artistic and historic heritage of Tubac and the Santa Cruz Valley.

There are numerous workshops for members and nonmembers and a summer art program for children. A gift shop with a range of art, jewelry, textiles and books is on the building’s west side.

The art center, open seven days a week, is located at 9 Plaza Road. For information, call (520) 398-2371.

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"Tubac Center for the Arts" watercolor 13 1/2 " x 19"

by Roberta Rogers

Original watercolor.

Prints will be available at the Tubac Center of the Arts and Roberta Rogers Gallery at 6 Camino Otero, Tubac

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November 2012 Circulation: 9,000

The Villager is made available in racks and at businesses throughout the Santa Cruz Valley from Nogales to Tucson and also made available at public libraries in Arivaca, Green Valley, Nogales, Rio Rico and numerous Tucson Libraries and businesses.

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ONGOING ONGOING THROUGH 2013, DAILY 9AM-5PM “Cavalcade of History” Art Exhibit The Alan B. Davis Gallery features a collection of paintings by renowned Western artist William Ahrendt, covering three centuries of Arizona’s wildly glorious history.

The giclées on canvas and their historical narratives were originally featured as a special 16-part “Cavalcade of History” series in Arizona Highways magazine. The Tubac Presidio’s exhibit is the first to display all 16 paintings together as a collection.

Included with park admission $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free.

NOVEMBER 10, 9:30 AM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (AAUW), GREEN VALLEY BRANCH, and its BORDER ISSUES STUDY GROUP will host a special free showing of the award winning documentary, “THE OTHER SIDE OF IMMIGRATION” at the East Social Center, 7 South Abrego Drive, Green Valley Based on over 700 interviews in towns where about half the population has left to work in the United States, the film tells why so many Mexicans come to the U.S. and what happens to the families and communities they leave behind. Through an approach that is both subtle and thought provoking, filmmaker Roy Germano provides a perspective on undocumented immigration rarely witnessed by American eyes, challenging audiences to imagine more creative and effective solutions to the problem.

DAILY UNTIL NOVEMBER 30, 9AM-5PM “Sonoran Stories in Plants” Botanic Art Exhibit The Tubac Presidio Museum will display “Sonoran Stories in Plants” - a botanic art exhibition inspired by agrarian traditions including Native American perspectives of botany and botanic art as expressions of a circle of attunement. Featuring graphite and watercolor illustrations by Sorcha (Dorothy Clare Massalski) accompanied by stories, legends and scientific information about plants from the Pimeria Alta.

Exhibit included with park admission $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 The Mandala in Tibetan Buddhism”, Art Talk With Dr. Dean Pielstick, President of Dharmakirti College. Co-presented by Tubac Center of the Arts (www.tubacarts.org) and Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center (www. tubacmeditation.org). Suggested donation, $20. At Tubac Center of the Arts.

Information at 398-2371 or www.tubacarts.org.

NOVEMBER 9, 16, 23 & 30, 10:30AM–12 NOON Walking Tours of Old Town Tubac –A guided tour of the “Old Town” section of Tubac with Alice Keene. Explore the original adobe buildings and discover the rich heritage of Arizona’s first European settlement. Learn about early Native American inhabitants, Spanish explorers, mining booms, Apache attacks, kidnappings, duels andother episodes in Tubac’s colorful past. Meet at the Park’s Visitor Center. Allow 1-1/2 hours for the tour and bring walking shoes, sunscreen and a hat. $7.50 fee includes admission to tour the Presidio Park. Tour limited to 20 people; reservations encouraged.

Paws Patrol's Cat Adoption Fair is the second Sunday of each month from 1pm to 4pm at Green Valley Canine, 750 W Camino Casa Verde. All cats and kittens are raised in our foster homes. For more information, call 520-207-4024 or see our website, greenvalleypawspatrol.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 10 AM-1 PM “Mandala Making: Journey to the Center”, Art Workshop With Cathi Stillman, . $50 members/$60 non-members. At Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Rd., Tubac. Information at 398-2371 or www.tubacarts.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 – MANDALA, 3PM Dissolution Ceremony with Lama Ngawang. Free. At Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Rd., Tubac. Information at 398-2371 or www.tubacarts.org.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5 THROUGH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Creation of Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala Painting by Lama Ngawang of Lo Monthang, Nepal. Monday-Friday - 10 AM-noon, 3 PM-6 PM; Saturday 10 AMnoon. Free. At Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Rd., Tubac. Information at 398-2371 or www.tubacarts.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 4:30-7:30 PM ST. ANDREW’S 60TH ANNUAL BARBECUE, ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 969 W. COUNTRY CLUB DR., NOGALES Pit-roasted beef barbecue, tortillas, beans, cole slaw, dessert, beverage for $10 (adults), $6 (children). Take-out available. $8 for lb. barbecue. Gift shop and bookstore open; raffle of theme baskets. Tickets available from Church members and at the door.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 4PM TO 9PM Hot Air Balloon Glow & Festival at the Tubac Golf Resort 10 hot air balloons will grace our grounds glowing in the dark on Saturday, November 10th from 4p – 9p. The festival will also include a ‘Kids Zone’ complete with inflatables, tethered balloon rides, live entertainment with Beau Renfro and the Clear Country Band and lots of food and drink. Free Parking. Entrance Fee $10 adults/$4 Kids 12 & under. Be our special guest and attend our VIP buffet dinner with private cash bar, live music and VIP parking. Tickets $48 adult/$15 kids 12 & under.

For reservations please call 520.398.3531. Stay the night and take advantage of our special Balloon Festival guest room rates including two (2) complimentary entrance tickets to the Hot Air Balloon Glow & Festival: $209 Hacienda/Casita (or) Posada $199 plus tax & resort fee. Call 800.848.7893 or book on line at www.tubacgolfresort.com

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2PM “Father Kino’s Herbs” Book Event at the Tubac Presidio Award-winning garden writer Dr. Jacqueline Soule will discuss her book on the life of Father Kino and the herbs that he introduced to the Southwest in the late1600s, as well as the native herbs he learned about from the Piman tribes. Learn how to choose, care for and cook with these Old and New World herbs that grow well in desert gardens or patio pots. $7.50 adult, $4.50 youth 7-13, children free.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 11 AM TO 3 PM The Pimeria Alta Historical Society is hosting a tour of the Nogales, Arizona City Cemetery. Guided tours, with presentations on several Nogalians buried in the cemetery, will be part the tour. A Day of the Dead display will be open all afternoon at the Pimeria Alta Historical Museum, where traditional food and beverages will be served to tour participants.

The cemetery’s beginnings are unknown. There are graves dating from 1860 to the present. Visiting the cemetery gives one a special appreciation of the cultural and spiritual diversity of Nogales, as separate sections are reserved for Masons, Elks, and a beautiful, fenced, corner area serves as the Jewish cemetery.

Tickets can be purchased for $15 at the Historical Society Museum at 136 N. Grand Ave. in Nogales (520-287-4621) or by contacting Teresa Leal at 520 313-5902. Tickets will also be available on the day of the tour at the cemetery. To reach the cemetery, take the Western Avenue exit (exit 1B) off of I -19, turn east and drive approximately 1.5 miles to Bejarano Street. Turn left on Bejarano to the main gate of the cemetery, where maps will be available and guests will be guided to the beginning of the tour.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 12 – 5PM Celebrate the River Community Picnic at the Tubac Community Center, 50 Tubac Road Friends of the Santa Cruz River will host the second annual community picnic. The event is sponsored by global Community Communications Alliance and the Hilltop Gallery.

Bring your family, a picnic, blankets and chairs and spend the afternoon celebrating the Santa Cruz River. In addition to guided river walks there will be a youth art contest featuring the art work of students from Kindergarten through grade 12.

For further information on the art contest, contact Nanette at (520)761-4001.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2-4 PM “Lovingkindness, Compassion and Forgiveness”, a public talk by Geshe Jampa of the Emaho Foundation Tea served at 4 PM. By donation. At home of Joanna Corrigan, 137 Bridge Rd., Tubac. Reservations suggested: 520-784-3311. Information also at www.tubacmeditation.org SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1:30-7PM Southern Arizona Animal Welfare Groups Host Fourth Annual Expo on Cruelty-Free Business Practices, Lifestyle “Fourth Annual Caring for All: Animals, Humans, and the Planet” at Desert Diamond Casino.

Hayley’s Angels Foundation, a southern Arizona non-profit committed to animal welfare, will host a day-long expo of cruelty-free products and services Nov. 11, 2012 at Desert Diamond Casino. Titled The Fourth Annual Caring for All: Animals, Humans, and our Planet, the event runs from 1:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., and includes a gourmet vegan dinner, silent auction to benefit local animal welfare groups, and a short address by the event’s organizer, Dr. Joanne LeFebvre, area veterinarian. The event will be held at the Desert Diamond Casino’s Diamond Center, located off exit 80 on Interstate 19.

Tickets for the expo are $25, which includes the dinner, live entertainment by the Dan Connolly Combo, and a chance to win numerous high-value prizes. Proceeds from ticket sales and the silent auction will go toward a number of southern Arizona animal rescue groups. Sponsors for the event include Central Pet, DFC, Hayley’s Angels Foundation, San Cayetano Veterinary Hospital, and SandMan Promotions. Tickets are available at area businesses including the Dog House (Green Valley), Vista Feed and Supply (Vail), San Cayetano Veterinary Hospital (Rio Rico), Antigone Books (Tucson), High Noon Feed Store (Sonoita), and Central Pet (Amado). Tickets can also be obtained by calling 520-870-6431, and additional information is available online at: www.hayleysangels.org or www.hayleysangels.com/annual.cfm

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 12PM-5PM FLORABUNDANCE ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE Enjoy the music of Conjunto Royal, featuring Becky Reyes, while browsing our stunning 2012 collection of Holiday Gifts and Decor! Sweet treats for sale by Mrs. Nutt’s Baked Goods, as well as light refreshments, surprise guests and a raffle to benefit the Amado Food Bank. Please bring a non-perishable food donation and receive a complimentary raffle ticket.

Located across from the Arts Center on Plaza Road, Tubac.

Call 520-248-5039 for more information.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 6 PM Traditional Tibetan and Nepalese Dinner Fundraising Event, prepared by Pema Bista and her family and held at Elvira’s Restaurant in Tubac. $25, cash bar. Limited seating; some reservations may still be available. Contact Joanna Corrigan 520-784-3311 or Perey Riley 398-2747.

Information also at www.tubacmeditation.org.

NOVEMBER 13, 4:30 PM TO 8:00 PM TUBAC HEALING ARTS CENTER GRAND OPENING 6 Camino Otero (behind The Yard Woman) Ongoing yoga classes for all levels. Yoga On the House 5:30-7 pm. Accept our free class as a gift to all past, present & future students! Come early or stay late to celebrate! Check out www. yogabunnyaz.com NOVEMBER 13, 2012 – DECEMBER 2, 2012 Tucson's Invisible Theatre continues its 42nd Anniversary Season of Love with the US premiere of "MESA" directed by Harold Dixon and starring Kevin Black and Jay Hornbacher. This charming, warm and funny play chronicles a road trip between a thirty-something guy and his wife’s grandfather, from their home in Calgary to the grandfather’s retirement trailer where he winters in Mesa, Arizona. Along the way the young guy wants to stop at all the sights and discover the “real” America while the old guy wants his routine – Denny’s and Motel 6. It is at its heart a love story between the two who come to understand each other though separated by sixty years in age. What sounds like a desperately long trip turns into a brilliant and heartfelt story with plenty of humor and dry desert wit.

Ticket Price: $28 ($18 preview price on November 13, 2012) To charge tickets by phone, call our box office at (520) 882-9721 To purchase tickets on-line, go to OvationTix at www.invisibletheatre.com. Discounts are available for groups of ten or more.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH, 10AM-5PM Santa Cruz Chili & Spice Co. Pre-Thanksgiving OPEN HOUSE. FREE Mini-Margaritas, BK’s Outlaw BBQ, using our spices, try our Nopales(cactus) in red chili sauce, and get your personalized cookbook from Jeanie Neubauer. Call 398-2591 for info.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1 PM TO 3 PM Green Valley Genealogical Society, at the St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive, Green Valley.

Main Program: Suzanne Brayer will discuss information that can be found in her program, “Wills and Probate”. As genealogists we depend on clues to aid our trek along the ancestral trail. Probate records can be a mother lode of clues.

Decedent’s date of death, names of spouse and children, in-laws, places of residence, land ownership, religion and military service are just a few of the juicy tidbits these records can reveal. Suzanne will provide strategies and sources to help analyze probate records and reconstruct family relationships.

Short Program: Jon Ott will demonstrate “IrfanView”, a free to use image file manipulation software that is a very fast, small, compact, and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows users. Visitors are welcome.

Contact JoAnn Herbst (396-4630 or joannherbst@cox.net) for more information or Google “gvgs az”.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 9AM - 12PM Roberta Rogers Workshop: Watercolor for Everyone: Painting Figures and Portraits for the Terrified at the Tubac Golf Resort $75.00 / members $85.00 / non-members. $20.00 materials fee if students need supplies. TCA 398-2371

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 9 AM-NOON “The Path of the Bodhisattva, ” With Khenpo Drimed Dawa (Dr. Dean Pielstick), President of Dharmakirti College, and Anne Parker, Therapist.

Khenpo Dean and Anne return with another four-part series during the 2012-2013 season. A bodhisattva is motivated by compassion and strives to always put others’ needs first. This is hard to do in everyday life! In Session 2: Generosity and Ethics, Khenpo Dean and Anne examine the first two of the Six Perfections. Generosity has many meanings and implications for our daily life, whether giving material things, helping others, etc. Generosity is also at the core of the ethics of a Bodhisattva. All beings are perceived as wanting happiness and to be free of suffering. A look at happiness from a Western psychological perspective will also be presented, including how generosity and ethics support personal and communal happiness. Cost per session: $30; some scholarships may be available. Space is limited. Call 398-1108 to reserve or sign up at the Center; checks may be mailed to TBMC to our mailing (not street) address at P.O. Box 1942, Tubac, AZ, 85646. Future session dates are Saturdays, Jan. 12th, and March 2nd. Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center, 2247 E. Frontage Rd, Tubac, 398-1108 or www.tubacmeditation.org.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 5 – 7PM Opening Reception for Members’ Juried Exhibit & Holiday Artisan Market at the Tubac Center of the Arts. Exhibit runs: November 16 – January 6 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1PM “The History of Mineral Art” with Dr. Wendell Wilson Noted Tucson scientist and artist Dr. Wendell Wilson will be the guest speaker at the Tubac Historical Society’s membership meeting on Friday, November 16 at 1:00pm.

His illustrated presentation on the history of mineral art will feature extraordinary photographs of world famous mineral specimens, as well as his artwork of minerals and mining artifacts. Dr. Wilson will also display a selection of his original paintings and rare publications from his personal collection. The public is invited to attend the presentation, which will be held at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel Street in Tubac. Admission: $10 general public and $5 THS members. Seating is limited and reservations are recommended. Please contact the Tubac Historical Society at (520) 398-2020 or info@ths-tubac.org.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2012 AT 7 PM AND SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2012 AT 2 PM Patagonia Players Improv Performance. The Patagonia Players is offering something totally different for its fall performance this year---IMPROV. If you’ve seen the TV show “Who’s Line is it Anyway?” starring Drew Carey, you know what on-the-spot Improv is. Starting with suggestions from the audience (such as an activity or location), the Improv-ers spontaneously create unrehearsed scenes and act them out. The newly formed Improv troupe of George Davis, Olivia Lopez, German Quiroga, and Wendy Russell, with Janice Pulliam as director, invites you to come “play” with us in the Tin Shed Theater. As a special treat, audience members are encouraged to bring an everyday item from home, to have it “appraised” during an improvised spoof of public television’s “Antiques Road Show.” In addition to comedy Improv, Helen Chester will lead Patra Kelly and Olivia Lopez in a unique Dance Improv number. At the Tin Shed Theater, corner of 3rd Ave and Mendoza Alley, Patagonia, AZ, FREE (suggested donation $5) For more information, contact: Janice Pulliam, ph: 706-614-6959 or email: zinkzonk@hotmail.com

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 10 - 10:30 AM Tubac Rotary Poker Hike along the Anza Trail on The 2+ mile walk will have five spots along the trail to pick up cards for a poker hand. Prizes are not for the fastest walker but for the best poker hand. Please register beforehand by calling 520-398-1913 or 520-628-9278

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2-3:30PM “The Coming of the Spanish” - Presentation by Jack Lasseter Popular speaker Jack Lasseter shares the fascinating story of the Spanish Presidios on the northern frontier of New Spain, of which Tubac was one of four in Arizona.

The first in a series of talks by Mr. Lasseter on Arizona history, including Father Kino, Apaches, Arizona Outlaws, and Women on the Arizona Frontier. The topics are inspired by the “Cavalcade of History” art exhibit currently on display, featuring 16 paintings of scenes from Arizona’s history by renowned Western artist William Ahrendt. A full house is expected, so sign up early. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served. $25 per lecture. Please call for reservations and future dates, 520-398-2252.

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the community effort to “Save the Presidio.”

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2PM “Wild About Arizona Wildflowers” Book Event at the Tubac Presidio - Coauthors Colleen Miniuk-Sperry and Paul Gill will do an illustrated presentation on their award-winning book “Wild in Arizona: Photographing Arizona's Wildflowers.”

Discover the best places and times to find Arizona’s bountiful blooms, plus useful photography tips and techniques. Book signing to follow. $7.50 adult, $4.50 youth 7-13, children free.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 10-11:30 AM Guided Tour of the Barrio de Tubac Archaeological Site – Special tour by local experts of the Spanish colonial archaeological site just south of the Park which preserves the remains of the original Tubac town site, including residence foundations, plaza area, refuse area and partial irrigation ditch. Meet at the Park’s Visitor Center. Tour involves a walk of about 1-1/4 miles. Bring walking shoes, sunscreen and hat. $7.50 fee includes admission to tour the Presidio Park. Tour limited to 15; call for reservations, 520-398-2252.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 9-NOON “The Path of the Bodhisattva Workshop: Generosity and Ethics” $30 with Khenpo Dean Pielstick and Anne Parker, Therapist Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center, 2247 East Frontage Rd., Suite 2, Tubac 520-398-1108 www.Tubacmeditation.org

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There are many cultural events coming up at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel Street in Tubac. For details, call the Tubac Historical Society at (520) 398-2252

“Father Kino’s Herbs” Book Event Saturday, November 10, 2pm

“The Coming of the Spanish” - Presentations “Wild About Arizona Wildflowers”

by Jack Lasseter – Sun, Nov. 18, 2-3:30pm & Saturday, November 17, 2pm Saturday, December 15, 2:00-3:30pm

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH , 8:30-10 AM “Bliss, Pleasure and Pain on the Spiritual Path”, Visiting Teacher Sanjay Manchanda, Ph.D. at the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center. Suggested Donation: $15. 2247 E. Frontage Rd, Tubac, 398-1108 or www.tubacmeditation.org.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 10 AM TO 5 PM & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 10AM TO 4:00 PM The 42nd annual Fiesta at Tumacácori National Historical Park There is no charge for this event, and admission to the park is free during the fiesta.

La Fiesta de Tumacácori is a celebration of all the cultures which have lived in and influenced the historical Santa Cruz Valley. The two-day event will feature Native American, Mexican, and Southwest food, crafts and performances.

Fifty booths, representing a wide variety of local non-profit historical, cultural and religious organizations, will provide food, handicrafts, and information. On the main stage, there will be all-day, continuous free entertainment, featuring a multi-cultural variety of dance and music groups. There will be all-day demonstrations of paper flower making, rawhide braiding, leatherworking, horse hair rope making, and tortilla making. For children, there will be piñatas, hands-on traditional crafts and activities, and live raptors. Guided tours of the mission will be available both days, as well as guided walks to the Santa Cruz River.

Sunday will begin with a traditional Mariachi Procession and Mass in front of the old mission church. The procession begins in front of the visitor center at 10:00. Mass

"Eight Valleys - A Linked Landscape" Book Event Thursday, December 6, 2pm

“Wild Horses of the West” Book Event Saturday, December 1, 2pm

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Christmas Concert with Dolan Ellis Sunday, December 16, 2pm

begins when the procession returns to the church, approximately 10:30. Please note that no photos are permitted during the procession or mass, or while sacred dances are being performed. (“NO PHOTOS” signs will be posted prominently at restricted times and locations.)

Please note that although pets are normally allowed at Tumacácori, no dogs or other pets are allowed in the park or on the fiesta grounds during the fiesta weekend.

Tumacácori’s Anza Trailhead is closed to horseback riders during the fiesta.

The Tumacácori Fiesta is sponsored by the National Park Service. Tumacácori National Historical Park is located 45 miles south of Tucson and 15 miles north of Nogales. Take exit 29 off of I-19 and follow the signs. For information, call the Tumacácori Visitor Center, (520) 398-2341, extension 0.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1PM - 4PM Workshop: Memories & Heirlooms: Handcrafted Ornament Workshop with Nancy Corrigan at the Tubac Center of the Arts. $50.00 / members, $60.00 / non-members. 398-2371

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2:00-6:00 PM WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES, 781 N. LINDA VISTA DR., NOGALES 23rd annual event will benefit St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic. View 20-25 distinctly decorated trees (mostly different each year) and numerous nativity scenes as well as a portion of the largest private collection of the late Hugh Cabot’s art work. Sample 4 varieties of wine and about 10 different cheeses and several pates. For tickets, call Clapper/DeLong at (520) 287-5929 or St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic (520) 648-3242, 75 Calle de las Tiendas, Ste. 129B, Green Valley. Tickets: $25 (adults) and $5 (children) and available at the door.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 11:00 - 3:00 EQUINE VOICES RESCUE AND SANCTUARY HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE IN AMADO. Celebrate the holiday season at our fourth annual Open House. Meet Gulliver, our mascot and symbol of horse rescue, and our other 40+ equine “residents”. Relax and enjoy music, food, raffles, and, of course, shopping at Gulliver’s General Store! Tours of the ranch will be available and horse training techniques will be demonstrated.

Information on all of our programs will be available including volunteer opportunities, horse sponsorship and horse adoption. Parking and admission are free. Handicapped parking will be available. For the safety of horses and humans, no dogs will be allowed.

For more information call 398-2814 or visit our website: equinevoices.org.

DECEMBER 7TH & 8TH, 6-9PM TaliasVan’s Bright & Morning Star Choir & Orchestra During the beautiful Tubac Luminaria nights, this magnificent, 40-voice choir will be performing at the Tubac Plaza Main Stage. The choir will be singing traditional Christmas Carols, as well as a few original CosmoWorship™ sacred holiday songs written by the choir’s founder. www.GlobalChangeMultiMedia.org (520) 398-2542

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Some Santa Cruz County government offices moved from Nogales to Rio Rico as of Oct. 15.

Building permits are now provided at the new location. Among the other offices that moved are public works which includes streets and solid waste; community development; which includes zoning; the flood control district; and central permits.

The county Board of Supervisors purchased the 40-year-old building at 275 Rio Rico Drive in December 2011 for $447,000. Renovations have been taking place since then.

It encompasses about 8,300 square feet and sits on 3.4 acres. The furniture and 14 computers were included at no extra cost.

Telephone numbers remain the same, an announcement said.

Transfer sTaTion GeTs neW buiLDinG

The Tubac Transfer Station, operated by Santa Cruz County, is getting a new building for the attendant.

The former building is wood and more than 15 years old, and needs to be replaced, said Karl Moyers, solid waste division manager.

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The new building has a metal exterior and measures about 8 feet by 10 feet. The improvement is costing less than $12,000 and is scheduled to be done by Dec. 1, Moyer said.

The transfer station is a location for people to drop off household trash or recycling materials. Located on the West Frontage Road, north of Chavez Siding Road, it’s open Fridays through Mondays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ToY anD fooD Drive aT fire sTaTions The Tubac Fire District announced it will again conduct its Holiday Toy Drive. They will have toy and food boxes at all four fire stations.

The food collected will be donated to the Amado Food Bank for the needs of Santa Cruz county residents during the holidays. The toy drive will benefit children who live inside the fire district boundaries and are in need.

Tubac Fire Station 1 is at 2227 E. Frontage Road.

There are three stations in northern Rio Rico; 1360 W. Frontage Road, 222 Camino Josefina, and 149 Ruta Camaron.

For information, call Nancy Lindsey, Patty Conger or Brenda Holbrook at 398-2255.

PerMiTTeD uses for churches

The Santa Cruz County Board of Adjustment No. 3 did not have sufficient information about two laws when it voted to deny a conditional use permit sought for a proposed church on ranch land in Tumacácori, a county official said.

To help remediate that in the future, the Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 7-0 on Oct. 25 to recommend adding a new section to the county’s zoning and development code to conform to federal and state laws.

It will incorporate the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) and the State Free Exercise of Religious Act (FERA) into the criteria for consideration of Conditional Use Permits for churches and related facilities.

Mary Dahl, Santa Cruz County Community Development Director, said that in November 2011, the Board of Adjustment No. 3 turned down a request by the Global Community Communications Alliance (GCCA) of Tumacácori for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a church and related facilities on ranch property it owns.

Dahl said GCCA appealed this decision into Superior Court in accordance with state law and the

FLORABUNDANCE ANNUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE Sunday, November 11, 12pm-5pm

by Scott Graham Bell & Louise L. Serpa

Enjoy the music of Conjunto Royal, featuring Becky Reyes, while browsing our stunning 2012 collection of Holiday Gifts and Decor!

Sweet treats for sale by Mrs. Nutt’s Baked Goods, as well as light refreshments, surprise guests and a raffle to benefit the Amado Food Bank.

Please bring a non-perishable food donation and receive a complimentary raffle ticket.

Find us in the courtyard directly across from the Tubac Center of the Arts on Plaza Road

Call 520-248-5039 with questions

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county code. There was also a lawsuit filed by GCCA claiming a violation of the Free Exercise of Religion Act and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. The claim also included a charge of violation of civil rights.

The Board of Adjustment acted as it believed proper in denying the request as staff failed to inform them of the principles of these two laws, Dahl said.

In dealing with the Superior Court appeal (which was moved to Pima County) and the subsequent lawsuit, the county recognized its error in failing to properly inform the Board and the violations of FERA and RLUIPA that may have occurred as a result, Dahl said.

Basically, these laws serve to ensure that churches and related facilities are not treated in a manner that is overly burdensome or different from similar land uses when it comes to land uses, zoning and permit approvals, Dahl said.

The recommendation will next go to the Board of Supervisors for a final decision.

D-backs basebaLL announces schooL GranTs

Rio Rico High School will receive $5,000 for an innovation/technology grant request and the money will be used for the RRHS library computer lab project to update equipment for instruction and student use.

The Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation announced In October that Rio Rico High School and 30 other Arizona schools were grant winners in the “D-backs $150,000 Back-ToSchool Challenge,” presented by the University of Phoenix.

Each winning school will be honored and receive a check on the field at a 2013 D-backs game next April and May at Chase Field. The D-backs will donate 1,000 tickets for students, parents, teachers and staff to attend the D-backs’ game in which their school will be honored.

“The winners of the $150,000 School Challenge are looking to improve their personal classrooms and create a better learning experience for future generations,” said Dr. Bill Pepicello, president of University of Phoenix.

(Reach the writer at kathleenvandervoet@gmail.com)

ThanksGivinG Dinner aT sTabLes ranch GriLLe Featuring a Special Three Course Plated Menu; Artisan Breads and Rolls with Mesquite-Honey Whipped Butter

Trio of House made salads, Choice of Three Entrees, Duo of Autumn Desserts ~FIRST~ Compressed Arugula Fuji Apple, Candied Pecans, Manchego Cheese, Sherry Vinaigrette Local Organic Baby Beets Humbolt Fog Goat Cheese, Figs, Mache, Hazel Nut Oil Roasted Wild Mushrooms Caramelized Shallots, Black Garlic & Fines Herbs ~SECOND~ Roasted Free Range Tom Turkey Caramelized Yams, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Pecan-Sage Stuffing, Rich Giblet Gravy, Orange-Cranberry Relish Or Smoked Sea Salt Crusted Angus Prime Rib Creamy Horse Radish Yukon Gold Potatoes, Butter Braised Broccolini, Rosemary Garlic Au Jus, Yorkshire Bread Pudding Or Pan Seared Pacific Salmon Creamy White Polenta, Cippolini Onions, Braised Chard and Oven Dried Tomato Butter ~THIRD~ Pecan Pie with Kentucky Bourbon Glaze & Pumpkin Pie with Sweet Whipped Cream

$10 Children 10 and under, $38 per guest ++ Thanksgiving menu served 12:00-7:00pm. breakfast 6:30-11:00 *menu subject to change

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Hot Air Balloon Glow & Festival Saturday, November 10, 2012 4pm to 9pm Free Parking / Entrance Fee $10 Adults/$4 Kids 12 & Under VIP Tickets $48 include two drink tickets, buffet dinner, entertainment and VIP parking

For VIP tickets call 800.848.7893 or book at www.TubacGolfResort.com

10 hot air balloons will grace our grounds glowing in the dark on Saturday, November 10th from 4p – 9p. The festival will also include a ‘Kids Zone’ complete with inflatables, t e t h e r e d b a l l o o n r i d e s , l i v e e n t e r t a i n m e n t w i t h B e a u R e n f r o a n d t h e C l e a r C o u n t r y B a n d a n d l o t s o f f o o d a n d d r i n k . F r e e P a r k i n g . E n t r a n c e F e e $ 1 0 a d u l t s / $ 4 K i d s 1 2 & u n d e r .

B e o u r s p e c i a l g u e s t a n d a t t e n d o u r V I P b u f f e t d i n n e r w i t h p r i v a t e c a s h b a r , l i v e m u s i c a n d V I P p a r k i n g . T i c k e t s $ 4 8 a d u l t / $ 1 5 k i d s 1 2 & u n d e r . F o r r e s e r v a t i o n s p l e a s e c a l l 5 2 0 . 3 9 8 . 3 5 3 1 .

S t a y t h e n i g h t a n d t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f o u r s p e c i a l B a l l o o n F e s t i v a l g u e s t r o o m r a t e s i n c l u d i n g t w o ( 2 ) c o m p l i m e n t a r y e n t r a n c e t i c k e t s t o t h e H o t A i r B a l l o o n G l o w & F e s t i v a l : $ 2 0 9 H a c i e n d a / C a s i t a ( o r ) P o s a d a $ 1 9 9 p l u s t a x & r e s o r t f e e . C a l l 8 0 0 . 8 4 8 . 7 8 9 3 o r b o o k o n l i n e a t w w w . t u b a c g o l f r e s o r t . c o m

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ttracted by the smell of herbs and spices, the thought that some of those could be the solution to my most annoying aches and my desire to look radiant and feel blissful, I took on the challenge of writing a new story about Sharon Sevara and her store, the Yard Woman in Tubac.

Sevara, who for many years had worked in the technology industry, moved to Tubac in 2004 to open up the business of her dreams that included having a garden and – treatment using herbs to provide natural solutions to our health needs.

After being in a couple locations around Tubac, she was able to move to where she had always wanted to be,: inside the charming commercial complex at No. 6 Camino Otero.

It is the same place where we find the consignment store Schätze, Roberta Rogers Watercolor, Katie Munger’s Acupuncture office and Tubac Healing Arts Center, the new yoga studio.

With the exception of the Tubac Healing Art Center, with an entrance on the alley way, to enter these stores one must go into a beautiful patio, past the iron gates. The patio is situated under the canopy of a mature Ash tree and surrounded by a thick mud adobe wall. It is all a visual pleasure and an inviting setting enriched by the presence of flowers, aged brick on the ground, bird feeders rustic porches in a light blue color, an outdoor fire pit with chairs around it and the items displayed by each one of these stores.

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Mesquite Furniture with inlaid stone MADE LOCALLY

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Landlord Janice Munger told me that there have been a wide array of businesses in the small complex, including a candy factory, a bakery and her own clothing/ furniture/ accessories store, the Country Lady, which she owned for approximately 10 years.

If walls could talk, if they could tell us the stories of the past, if they could share the experiences of those that were behind them, I wonder if that would help us understand why a place may seem warmer and more charming than another.

The atmosphere takes me back to the imaginary place I used in my games as a child, inviting my friends to have tea and cookies under the porch. I can’t point exactly to the reason of these thoughts, but it is for sure a cozy feeling.

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provides them with the solution, whatever it is.

She has it or she will make it for them.

Her suppliers are varied, but she would like to grow more of her own herbs and she is open to purchase herbs from local growers who have a clean operation, she explains.

A second room is filled with products ranging from soaps and creams to candles, shrines, books, yard art, tarot cards, crystal art and jewelry, many of them created by local artisans.

Other products she has available at the store are: nuts, seeds, spices and nearly everything to improve our body, soul and the way we interact with our surroundings. One of her goals is to make people feel better.. The better they feel, the more active they will be, the more active they are, the better they feel and the cycle continues that way, she explains.

Above: Yardwoman, Robert Rogers' Studio and Schätze welcoming entrances. Facing page, left: watercolor of the patio on Camino Otero by Roberta Rogers. Facing page, center: Sharon Sevara and her products. Photos by Paula Beemer On the other hand, it could just be the smell of pepper or rosemary escaping the walls of the Yard Woman or simply Severa's kind and friendly personality, or a little bit of everything. Sevara, her friend Rusty, the cat, and I sat under the porch and talked for awhile about the fascinating aspects of her business.

One of the rooms is filled with dark brown bottles, in different sizes and with different purposes. Some are empty, some contain dried herbs and some are full with the herbal extracts, also known as “tinctures.”

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To create the desired tinctures, the specific herbs are soaked for several months in alcohol to extract their active constituents, she explains

She makes traditional tinctures to treat common issues like allergies, sinus pain, colds, arthritis pain and more, as well as customized herbal blendings according to the needs of each client, she says. She will also customize teas for those who prefer the herbs that way instead of the liquid form.

She explains that customers come from all over, they talk to her about what they may need, she listens and then she

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There are several activities planned in the courtyard on Camino Otero, such as a chamber mixer in November, “Women Who Whine” in December, Luminaria Nights, the Art Walk in March, and more.

So there are no excuses for not taking care of that insomnia, lack of energy, a possible cold, or other misfortunes. I feel encouraged and I would encourage my friends to pay a visit to Sevara and experience those warm feelings I had in the patio. It is a most definitely a wholesome experience. visit the yard Woman and other businesses on the patio at 6 Camino otero or call 398-9565 �

TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS 9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ 85646 520.398.2371 * www.TubacArts.org NOVEMBER MON.- SAT., NOV 5 - 10 Sand Mandala Creation & Dissolution Ceremony M-F 10-Noon & 3-6pm Dissolution Ceremony: Sat. 3pm WED., NOV 7, 6-8pm “Mandalas in Tibetan Buddhism” - Dr. Dean Pielstick, with Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center

Sand Mandala Creation Thanksgiving Weekend Mata Ortiz Pottery Demo and Sale

SAT., NOV. 10, 10am-1pm Mandala Making Workshop: Journey to the Center, Cathi Silliman

Unique & Just a bit funky La Entrada de Tubac 2221 E. Frontage Rd Tubac, AZ

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Holiday Artisan Market

FRI., NOV 16, 5-7pm Hand Woven Garments Opening Reception:

by Bunnie Rothwell Members’ Juried Exhibit & Holiday Artisan Market FRI., SAT. & SUN., NOV 23, 24 & 25 Mata Ortiz Pottery Sale

Hand Turned Wood Vases

by Arthur Emerton

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brasher’s 30 Years in Tubac have brouGhT Major chanGes

by Kathleen Vandervoet

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ubac is small enough and quiet enough that no civic leaders have stepped forward. Even so, builder, realtor and property manager Gary Brasher is among several people who have shaped Tubac’s growth over the years.

and commercial areas. “We also own Anza Management owned by Barrio Development. We have about 130 properties we manage from Green Valley to Rio Rico. It’s residential and commercial.

“Another entity we have is Barrio Communications which provides primarily internet and phone service. We started it because it wasn’t provided by anyone else.

Since then, just this year, we’ve entered into a joint venture agreement with a Tucson company, Sprocket Communications.”

Busy with his full-time business commitments, Brasher, 54, has also carved out opportunities for volunteer work and for sports. He started training for triathlons when he was 48 and has competed in Ironman events since then.

That led to him qualifying for, and competing in September, in the Duathlon World Championships in Nancy, France, as a part of Team USA. The Duathlon includes running and bicycling, while a triathlon adds swimming.

For 30 years, Gary Brasher has been involved in residential and commercial construction in Tubac.

Photo by Kathleen Vandervoet.

For the past 30 years, Brasher has put his stamp on Tubac. He arrived here from Phoenix in 1982 and with partners purchased the Tubac Ranch just south of the village in 1983. Now, there are 363 homes on that land.

The Plaza de Anza on the north edge of the residential district and also on the former ranch land is home to the popular Tubac Market, along with two restaurants, a furniture store, a fitness center, a dance studio, a hair studio, a real estate company and more.

The various companies run by Brasher and his partners employ approximately 35 people in Tubac, he said.

Brasher had a master plan for his Tubac developments but things haven’t gone exactly as envisioned:

“It’s become a lot softer, a lot less dense, and a lot less commercially oriented. I say that, because early on, not knowing exactly how the economy was going to go, my partners and I had different ideas – maybe a hotel, maybe some apartments, just uses that were a bit more intense.

“As you learn more about the community, the market and the economy, you just make adjustments,” he said.

With Brasher, the partnership is comprised of Dick Lockwood, Zach Freeland, Carl Bosse and George Smith. “George and Dick and I have been partners since 1982. Zach and Carl came in about 2001.”

Managing partners include Lockwood, Freeland and Brasher. “We manage all the land – the vacant lots too.

We own the vacant commercial property along the frontage road and at the interchanges.”

Others he works with include Dave Grounds of Dorn Homes, the contractor for many of those years, and John Wallace, a partner in Tubac Commercial Holdings.

Brasher complimented Harold Busboom, that group’s chief operating officer. As well, he credits Tubac Market managers Paul and Christie Cisek. additional partnerships

But wait, there’s more! as the TV commercial reminds us.

Brasher is a partner in the Baca Float Water and Sewer Company, which serves the residences

Quick Draw and Auction:

Artists duel the clock at our Cowboy Christmas Party Saturday, December 15

Cowboy Christmas

3:00-4:00pm Quick draw 4:30-5:30pm Wine and appetizers Auction of Quick Draw works Raffle of carved mesquite sideboard 5:30-8:30pm Dinner and Western music

Proceeds earned go to benefit the Hi-Art program at the Tubac Center for the Arts.

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Brasher Real Estate, owned by Gary and his sister, Jacque, has about 10 agents.

Another company, Presidio de Tubac, owns a ranch east of the Santa Cruz River. There are 1,700 acres which are master-planned for about 400 homes. Partners are Phoenix residents and brothers Gary Smith and Mike Smith.

In many areas, developers have come in, created their residential or commercial project, and then moved on to another city. Why did Brasher stay in Tubac for 30 years? He responded, “To me, it’s always been more than about development.

I love this community. I raised my girls in this community. I have great friends in this community.

“Even if I had gone other places and done other things, this always stayed my hub or home base, where I wanted to come home to.”

He said for the first four years he lived in Tubac, he rented “an old place on a ranch in Tubac, an old adobe with no central air or heat.” For the past 26 years he’s lived in his home in the Aliso Springs area west of Interstate 19. volunteering extends his reach

His volunteer work in the community has included being president of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council for 12 years, being a founder and chairman of Coalition for a Safe and Secure Border for the past four years, and a member of the Tubac Historical Society’s three-person committee that helps manage the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park.

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Dance Out! MONDAY 8a Yoga • 1p Adult Ballet • 3:30p Kids BEG Ballet • 6:15 Mat Pilates. TUESDAY 8a Core Fitness • 9a Zumba • 5p Yoga. WEDNESDAY 5p Line Dance • 6:15p Mat Pilates • 1p Practical Spanish THURSDAY 7a Yoga • 8a Core Fitness • 9a Zumba • 4p Yoga • 5:30p Dream Group • TBA Spanish. FRIDAY 9a Zumba • 10:15a Yoga Flow • 5p Dance Opp. SATURDAY 8a Zumba • 12:30p Teen Dance • 1:30p Hip Hop • 3p Belly Dance • 5:15 Restorative Yoga. SUNDAY 3p Meditation/Stretch.

Private piano lessons and massage also offered.

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Developer Gary Brasher is an accomplished athlete and competed in the World Duathlon Championship in Nancy, France.

He’s served on several state boards. He was just appointed by Governor Jan Brewer to the Groundwater Users Advisory Council, he said, and also served on the board in the past when he was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull. For the past nine years he’s been a member of the Arizona-Mexico Commission and is co-chair of the real estate committee.

For seven years he was chairman of the real estate advisory board, appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano. sports – a demanding hobby

Physical fitness has always been part of his life. He said he enjoyed athletics as a teen and received a football scholarship to University of Colorado at Boulder.

He said he kept up with running through the years and his daughters ran track and cross country in high school so he volunteered with the program.

Brasher began triathlon training in earnest six years ago, he said, and currently is out regularly running, bicycling and swimming. His coach, Tom Manzi, lives in Tubac and another frequent training partner is Mark Dittmer.

The hot daytime temperatures this area receives up to six months a year have to be faced so Brasher has developed a system that works for him. “You have to get up early.

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a run day you’ll start on the treadmill (while) it’s dark out. And right at 5, when the sun just starts to come up, you’re out on the road. And the same with the bike.

“When you’re training for an Ironman, your training rides extend into that five, six, seven hour range. It’s going to get hot. You have to learn to adapt and keep yourself hydrated.”

To train for the swimming portion of the Ironman, he swims at Patagonia Lake and also uses the large pool at the Embarcadero development.

“We’re fortunate enough in this community to have Patagonia Lake, which is a great location for open water swimming. Oftentimes we’ll go there and swim for that experience.

“But the real tough work is done down here at Embarcadero in that pool. To swim 2.4 miles in that pool is about 160 laps. The dog days of Ironman training are in that pool. So going to the lake is a real treasure.”

He said he’s looking forward to next year’s Ironman Lake Tahoe in September, partly because he’ll be one of the youngest people in his new age group, 55 to 59.

“Ultimately, my goal is to qualify for the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii held every October.”

Being in Nancy, France for the Duathlon was a great experience. “The thing that really impacted me was, like the Olympics, they have the parade of nations the night

before. You find yourself lining up behind your flag. You see flags from other countries and you suddenly realize, this is quite a privilege to be there,” he said.

Brasher didn’t win in his age group in the Duathlon but said he was pleased since it was his first time. He finished in the top 50 and set a personal record.

looking to the future

Brasher is generally upbeat and exhibits an optimistic personality. “It’s been a real privilege in all of the things I’ve had the opportunity to work in to have such great partners. This has been a tough market for the past four years,” he said.

“During any tough time, you learn a lot about people.

It’s been great to work with a group of men and women who are outstanding people. That’s made it attainable, to still be standing after all the economic disasters.”

Does he think the vacant residential lots that remain in the Barrio community will all be built on?

“I do. The last four years have set us back in terms of absorption. But the fundamentals in Tubac haven’t changed. It’s a beautiful community full of energetic and bright, articulate people. It’s got a great vibrant historic and artisan core.” Ê �

The Borderlands Photographer Friends of Our Heritage, Part 3 Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

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n this series of articles on the topic of “Friends” groups in southern Arizona, the reader may have noticed the ubiquity of two common elements: dedicated volunteers and water.

Volunteers play a vital role in the fight to preserve our natural, rural, and cultural heritage. Plus, that heritage seems always to involve vestiges of watery places so abundant in Arizona before arrival of nonnative folks.

The upper Santa Cruz River, the subject of my last article, has many tributaries, mostly seasonal above ground. Fed by seep, springs, or runoff, these flows include the precious Sonoita Creek which follows state highway 82 east of Tubac.

As always, roads were built where natural water carved a path. Among those routes, and still visible, was the Arizona and New Mexico Railroad from 1882 to 1962. Its railbed forms a handy footpath now at the most popular destination along the creek, the Nature Conservancy’s Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve.

Lying in a floodplain valley between the Patagonia and Santa Rita Mountains, the Preserve protects a relic of Fremont cottonwood-Goodding willow riparian forest habitat. Critical to this local treasure is a relatively high underground water table and permanent flow provided by Patagonia’s waste water treatment plant. Patagonia is one of two incorporated cities in Santa Cruz County. The smallest Arizona county, Santa Cruz split off from Pima in 1899.

Sonoita Creek begins behind the fairgrounds in Sonoita to the northeast and is fed there by drainage. It ends to the southwest at the Santa Cruz River in Rio Rico after not much more than 30 miles. Today water flows above ground constantly for about 4 miles.

However, the entire watershed is 250 square miles, says Kathy Pasierb, president and guiding light of Friends of Sonoita Creek, or FOSC. Under her guidance, this group seeks habitat protection and restoration for that entire acreage. Among the creek’s many water sources, drainage comes from Harshaw Creek and Redrock Wash to the south, and more than 10 major washes from the Santa Ritas to the north.

Kathy teaches science at Calabasas Middle School in Rio Rico. Her spark of dedication to education shines far from the classroom, however, flaring out into that 250 miles of southern Arizona. Having been called for duty by the Friends group as a result of her lifetime of credentials in the ecological disciplines needed by FOSC, Kathy found the Friends to be a fine outlet for her “passion to show people the outdoors.”

When she was little, Kathy says, “I loved the outdoors as a kid, and I used to sleep outdoors. My mother was upset about that!”

Kathy says that years later “I worked summers as a botanist with the Audubon Society and came to

the Conservancy here in Patagonia. Later I got a teaching credential to show people what I knew.”

Around 2008, when she joined the Friends, the focus was on the creek itself and the Patagonia Lake State Park.

“This was fine, but I wanted to do broader watershed issues and more ecological education.”

Saving and restoring habitat was the main idea.

Beyond the narrow, intensely animated strip of watery life at the creek, the watershed land that surrounds the creek is a large diverse patchwork.

Kathy lists it all: “Forest Service, private land, Nature Conservancy for 3 or 4 miles, then Circle Z guest ranch, then state park, then state natural area., then private land on the south, then virtually all private land until the Santa Cruz River.”

Counting volunteers Sally and Jim Lockwood among her most avid contributors, a holistic approach is what she seeks for the creek. Centering on education and outreach, she’d like to “see immediate environments enhanced with native plants instead of exotics - eradicate those - and start in people’s back yards.”

Once her group began broadening its focus, other groups reached out to FOSC. For example, the Hummingbird Monitoring Network, a researchbased project studying bird habitats, partnered with FOSC to track bird movement by banding the tiny ankles of hummingbirds. Other new work involved restoration projects to propagate pollinator plants.

The problem with broadening scope is having to stretch resources. FOSC is supported by membership dues and donations, but these can dry up like a winter creek bed. Further, coaxing volunteers to actually volunteer can be a struggle.

Kathy would be grateful if the faithful reader would visit FOSC’s website www.SonoitaCreek.org and help out.

The struggles are ongoing. Mining, which has been for so long a part of Arizona history, is now seen by many as a threat in this age of an evolved economy with a stronger focus on conservation as America’s long-term hope. Mining in the nearby Patagonia Mountains would harm the purity of groundwater and degrade the quality of life via noise, air, and traffic pollution.

Looking forward to the next generation, Kathy wants to inspire children to get outdoors. “This will make them healthier, broaden the scope of their lives, and revive a lost appreciation for the natural world.”

And perhaps, if anyone can, Kathy will inspire young people to carry FOSC’s baton to the future.

Murray Bolesta is an art and heritage photographer, and has written this column since 2007. Murray supports the preservation of our natural, rural, and cultural heritage. Murray’s work can be found at www.CactusHuggers.com.

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Facing page, top: Coal Mine Springs is a remote natural wonder which may, or may not, feed the creek.

Bottom, left: Sonoita Creek snakes through the forest at Patagonia, Arizona, as spied from a nearby hill.

Bottom, middle: Sonoita Creek is usually dry above ground as it approaches the Santa Cruz River, here viewed by me from an airplane looking east to southeast.

Bottom, right: Kathy Pasierb at creekside.

Above: A Robin Red Breast enjoys a creekside splash and then suns himself proudly.

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Sinister Stickers - Our Annual Autumnal Assault!

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ere in the Sky Islands we are blessed with a wider variety of seasons than we're generally - no doubt given stereotypes about the Southwest - thought to possess. In addition to the conventional Spring/ Summer/Winter/Fall ensemble we also have our so- called “Dry Spring” in May and June.

This is when searing temperatures threaten to tax the vertical limits of your outside thermometer and when you start to reminisce about what a cloud (just one....please) used to look like.

For me, this is traditionally the most challenging of our seasons. During the daytime I find myself wistfully dreaming about rain that seemingly will never again grace our latitudes. Meanwhile, at dusk I'm forever on the alert to dodge the insidious Kissing Bugs that are my main bane among our sometimes infamous invertebrate fauna. I can be downright irritable before the life-giving monsoon rains provide a respite from the heat and, ultimately, a revival of Sky Islands life.

I now have a rival, however, for the dubious title of “least favorite season” I propose a 6th Sky Island season. Namely, “Autumn Assault”, when a prickly plethora of plants turn our clothes and even our skin into a veritable living pincushion. Lest you think me a wimp when it comes to impalement by plants, please know that I'm used to serving as a convenient target for them everyplace I've ever lived. In New England there were no shortage of willing floral volunteers that wished a free ride on various parts of my person. Tickseeds, aptly named, seemed to materialize out of thin air and beckoned me to extract them before my clothes became unrecognizable. Likewise, Burdock seeds reminded me daily in Autumn and throughout the Winter that I am indeed an active player in the plant ecology of North America.

Nothing, however, prepared me for the ambush that awaited me amidst the arid lands of Arizona!

Here, the sheer magnitude of seeds and plants parts adhering to my clothes after even the briefest of ambles threatens to boggle my mind. So too the diversity of exactly what is clinging to my clothes is indeed impressive. Befitting our hyper-diverse region, no small sample of seeds and other plant parts conspire to cover me with a semi-permanent and, frankly, utterly annoying layer.

Keep in mind that I'm a Naturalist and Wildlife Biologist. So, if youre looking for someone to sing the praises of Nature and to excuse its sometimes excessive and inconvenient exuberance, then you've found your man. Still, these plants are pushing my sanity and patience to their limits just now.

To start with we had an extraordinary monsoon, providing a year-to-date total of approximately 18 inches of rain in our region. This is closer to “normal”

the species to evolve metal-piercing capabilities!

Oh, but the story does not end here my friends, as any great vexation often comes with adjunct afflictions. So too Bidens are not alone in their attempts to disperse their seeds to the 4 winds using us as hapless vehicles. Given the generally ubiquitous nature of mammals and birds in our region, many other plants have likewise evolved seeds or fruits that conspire to catch a ride on them, and thus us. Next in line on the “most unwanted” list of offending plants are, collectively speaking, the grasses.

For starters we live in part in a grassland.

Consequently, many species of native grasses grace our region and quite a few of them have resorted to using us as free transportation. Perhaps the most challenging of these are the species which reside in the genus Aristida - the 3-awns.

Named, quite accurately, for the 3-parted, hairlike projections on their seeds, 3-awns are generally highly successful pioneering grasses. Disturb The beautiful flowers of our Sonoran Desert have developed ingenious and frustrating strategies an area and if you're lucky enough to get native grasses colonizing the area, many will likely belong to spread their seeds, such as with the to this genus.

Bidens plant pictured here.

The awns of Aristida are sufficiently sharp to than you may think, yet it still shines as an abundant penetrate not only clothing, but also skin. One day example amidst our more meager totals within the while thinning some 3-awns from near our house past decade or so. More rain means more plants, I soon realized my bare- handed folly with painful many of which want you to wear them. Thus, this regret. Some of the inflorescences, each containing Autumn Assault is the mother of them all. many needle-sharp awns, even manage to climb up my pants during cross-country walks in our Perhaps foremost among the invaders are Bidens.

This is both the common and Latin name of a genus grasslands. Once I feel the diagnostic jabs that I now know so well my pants are soon in a heap around my of plants that any walk in an area where they grow ankles. While more annoying than painful, the awns will soon introduce you to - like it or not. Lest you sometimes make it dangerously close to, shall I say, think that this genus is named after our current rather delicate regions - reason enough to discretely vice president, the etymology comes from bi for 2 oust the intruders from an otherwise sanctimonious and dens for teeth. Indeed the business end of the realm. hitchhiking seeds possesses 2 pointed appendages.

These are so utterly effective at attaching themselves Oh, and I must add that removing Bidens from to virtually any fabric that you care don that the clothing is a picnic, a veritable joy, compared to merest brush is sufficient to collect scores. Given pulling out 3-awns. These two plants alone account that Bidens are a very common herbaceous plant in for my covert plan - please don't leak this to my wife our area you will no doubt encounter them sooner or - to plant my socks under a concealing layer of soil. later during a walk in the wild.

A goofy TV jingle echoes in my ears.... ch-ch-chBidens are so legion in spots and are such a characteristic feature of my clothes this time of year that I truly think the expression “biding your time” is derived from having to slowly and meticulously extricate the needle-like seeds. To compound the whole affair, I now am the luckless owner of a large pile of “bidened” clothes - socks and pants in particular - that grows in immensity with each passing day. My otherwise charming and loving wife has cast me several dirty looks within past month.

We've lived here long enough for me to translate that look: don't you dare put that mess in the laundry and you had better pull those seeds out soon buddy.

Honestly, I'm thinking of investing in a suit of armor, despite the obvious drawbacks, in order to up the ante with Bidens. With Clint Eastwood-like steeliness I'll stare at the little buggers and say “go on....make my day”. I may single-handedly prompt

chia-socks.... as I watch my socks spring to new life!

Rounding our candidates for “annoying plant of the year” are Amaranth and Goatheads. Acres upon acres are often covered in the former, making them sometime hard or impossible to avoid. In this case its not the seeds or even seed hairs that assault your attire and flesh, but rather the chaff surrounding the seeds. Highly evolved to attract birds and, perhaps, small mammals, Amaranths (Amaranthus) protect their fat and protein rich seeds with sharp parts that quickly make you aware of the plant's presence. This irritating chaff likely serves to keep larger herbivores at bay, allowing some seeds to pass undigested through the kinder alimentary canals of their smaller brethren.

Regardless, a walk along or (gulp) through towering fields of Amaranth is a supreme exercise in skin irritation. First you brush against the “prickers” with

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a sleeve and shoo them away with a hand. Oops, that hurt a bit. Wait. Now they've found your socks. Oh, but so too have the Bidens and 3-awns - why bother.

Still, you've yet to hit the true intrusive magic of Amaranth until, all of a sudden, you realize that there's a substantial pile of the chaff in your pants pockets!

They must compare notes with the 3-awns as to the most efficacious route to my gonads. Truly.

Speaking of reproductive parts, Goatheads - another grass species - clearly win the grand prize for both hitchhiking and painfulness among the seeds of our more autumnal plants. To put it succinctly my nickname for Goatheads is the “devil's testicles”! While researching plants in the San Rafael Grasslands near the border some years ago my cohorts and I frequently stumbled into the insidious and mace-like seeds of this powerful plant. They rendered my socks into a war zone where bare hands proved pathetically inadequate in efforts to liberate myself from these otherworldly orbs. A careless step into the diabolical clutches of Goatheads results in an lengthy and painful grooming episode. Needless to say, one soon acquires a sort of radar in early detection of this this plant, thereby avoiding this particular form of torture.

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I could go on with this. The aptly-named grass, Tanglehead, sticky masses of Spiderling stems, magnetic Stickleaf leaves, Cocklebur seeds, etc...

Let me end, rather, by singing the praises of these sometimes hard-to-love plants. Not only do they challenge our patience and wardrobes, they also provide vital ecological services and possess fascinating natural histories well worth delving into.

Bidens, it turns out, is a great nectar source for native pollinators and a fine volunteer plant for native landscaping. Three-awns act as pioneer plants on disturbed land, helping to keep non-native, invasive plants at bay. Amaranths seeds serve as vital Fall and Winter provisions for a wide spectrum of granivorous birds, such as Sparrows and Towhees. Goatheads raise my awareness of my immediate environment, allowing me to navigate the landscape even more carefully than I normally do. The well-monikered Tanglehead grass attracts surprising numbers of Snout, Queen, Lady and other Butterfly species, perhaps to some sort of exudate located on or near the seeds. Spiderling foliage feeds Hawkmoth larvae that later serve as beautiful and effective pollinators for a wide variety of plants.

So, despite their obvious challenges these plants clearly are key components in their respective ecosystems.

My advice? Venture out into our incredible wild lands despite placing your wardrobe at peril. Learn how to appreciate them for all of their qualities and on their own terms. Understand their roles within the Sky Islands. Become adept at extricating them from yourself. Lastly, and most importantly, scout out a patch of ground where your wife will never detect your bespangled and buried former clothes!

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Saving Cats and Dogs with “Barktoberfest ” and more

Article and photos by Paula Beemer

The success of “Barktoberfest” in its second year is celebrated by cats and dogs from the Santa Cruz Humane Society (SCHS) who count on our support for their survival and chances to find a home. This event is also celebrated by the organizers and by the attendees who enjoy an evening of music, dancing, wonderful food, drinks and social interaction.

The operation of the SCHS is funded 100 percent by private donations, grants, a thrift store and services including boarding, rabies shots at a very low cost, neutering and spaying. It is also possible through the great effort of employees and volunteers, including the services of veterinarian Dr. Daniel Horton, says Rogers.

Among all the food there were the traditional German dishes, a bar with wine, beer and cider. Also, there were tables representing some of Tubac Market’s vendors who were offering samples of their products; my favorite is, “Margy’s Jams,” spicy jams and pickles homemade and 100% natural.

Dog food is donated by Wal-Mart Supercenter, along with some by individuals, and Kmart will begin to supply cat and dog food as well, says Rogers.

Sponsored by the Tubac Market, The Italian Peasant and Maria’s Grill, the celebration took place Oct. 13th at the Plaza de Anza Courtyard. The owners and operators of these establishments made sure the night was memorable.

Their efforts were recognized by Susan Rogers, president of the board of the SCHS who says that if they didn’t work as hard as they do there would be no Barktoberfest.

The plaza was busy, all tables were full, and the “Heartbeat” band kept attendees on their feet, dancing to some great tunes. Even the youngest guests enjoyed the celebration and particularly the presence of a juggler who designed balloon hats for them.

Money was raised mainly through the sale of tickets and a silent auction. At press deadline there was no exact figure on the total amount raised, but they expected to be close to last year’s net earnings of $3,003, says Maureen Mahoney, board treasurer.

Other fundraising activities that take place yearly are a golf tournament in March, the participation at the Tubac Festival of the Arts in February and coming up, pictures with Santa and a bake sale, the Saturday right after Thanksgiving.

This last event will take place outside of “Sole Shoes,” located at 16 Tubac Road in Tubac. For $15 a person can have their picture taken with Santa and their pet if desired.

The baked goods are all donated. Anyone who wishes to support the organization is encouraged to turn on the oven and contribute their creation, says Rogers.

The community gets involved in different ways: high school seniors obtain college credits by volunteering a certain amount of hours, and once a month dogs participate in the “read-to-a-dog” program for children. During the year, they will have visits from the fourth graders from - Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in Nogales. Occasionally, people with speeding tickets or other minor infractions will choose the SCHS as a community service to “redeem their faults.”

I had never visited the SCHS before, mainly because our pets usually came to us, but now that we have been “petless” for a while the thought of going there has been more present and brought up to me often by my children, especially after seeing my youngest daughter a few days ago talking and snuggling with a caterpillar.

Because I wanted to get more information about the organization I arrived at the facility for the first time. I pictured myself in the somewhat painful spot of having to decide among all those cute faces staring at you, almost talking to you. They are faces of curiosity, “Will this person, take me out of here to play? Will she take me home? Look at me, I am better than the others!, Look how cute I am!”

That is what I see and I think I hear.

On the other hand, I feel a little relief knowing that here, pets are under excellent care until they are adopted due to their “no kill” policy.

On average, they receive two to three cats or dogs per week and the same number are adopted, says Rogers.

On the day of my visit, they had a total of 15 cats and 31 dogs ranging from small to large, and from puppies to mature dogs. Puppies ten weeks old, are ready for adoption after they have received enough shots to go out safely.

Bottom, left: a juggler makes balloon hats for the young attendees.

Top, left: Paul and Christi Cisek, Tubac Market operators enjoying the dance.

Middle, left: Guitarist from the band "Hearbeat" along with the rest of the group kept the attendee on their feet.

2610: Among the attendees were: (from left to right) Bruce Bracker, Paul Cisek, Thomas Palomares, Alicia Martin, Luis Apodaca Guasabe, Chris Martin, Alexis Amado.

Bottom, right: Brett, Alicia and Bodee Lucht, a family from Tucson.

Bottom, middle: Wearing traditional German attires, Patty Deouca from New York and Gabrielle Ollendick from Tubac.

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Above, left: Outside the Santa Cruz Humane Society which is located on 232 Patagonia Highway in Nogales.

Above, right: Dallas Tharp held by her mother Tabitha Ochoa, volunteer; Yvonne Lathan, board member; Maria Felix, office manger; Mark Astorga, kennel tech; Susan Rogers, board president; Missy Arroyo with her dog "Tito", volunteer; Freddy Salazar, kennel tech and Maureen Mahoney, board treasurer. Left, inset: Mark Astorga, kennel tech holding new puppies.

As long as someone demonstrates that they will be good and loving pet owners, the process of adoption is fairly simple. The adoption fee is approximately $125 which includes the shots and one doctor's visit, explains Rogers.

Akita dog who has been there since 2009. He is deaf and has deteriorating arthritis, so it would not be safe and it could be almost cruel to him to change his environment, explains Rogers. All others are anxiously waiting.

So, if you are looking for a pet, keep their sign in mind, which says: “Please, rescue first when looking for that new

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Jobs and healthy food grow in Amado

A large new greenhouse on 12 acres in Amado is bringing employment to the area.

Inset: Ricardo Crisantes of Wholesum Farms speaks to Tubac residents in October. His company’s greenhouse in Amado grows organic tomatoes.

by Kathleen Vandervoet

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ovember marks the expected first organic tomato harvest from a new 12-acre greenhouse farm in Amado, a few miles north of Tubac, on the west side of Interstate 19. More jobs and a source of nutritious food are promised by the family which owns the facility.

Construction started on the glass-enclosed greenhouses in December 2011, said Ricardo Crisantes, whose family business is Wholesum Farms. He spoke to members of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council at the Oct. 15 meeting.

“We focus on certified organic fruits and vegetables,” Crisantes said. Greenhouses are used to increase the yield and to assure that growing conditions remain safe.

The newest greenhouse facility builds on a long-time successful business one hour south of the U.S-Mexico border in Imuris where the family agricultural production began in the 1990s. That, in turn, developed out of fieldgrown tomatoes in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, founded by Crisantes’ grandfather in the 1930s.

About 60 jobs have been created by the 12-acre greenhouse facility. The Amado master plan calls for a total of 60 acres under cultivation in greenhouses providing for 240 jobs, Crisantes said.

Because the fields are inside and not outside, the jobs aren’t stoop labor in punishing heat. “This is not seasonal agricultural labor,” he said. “These are year-round, full-time positions. We want people that share the same passion we have for growing. We want people that want to live here.”

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There’s no farm stand at the new greenhouse. Susan Maurer, in the audience on Oct. 15, asked if the locallygrown tomatoes can be purchased close by. Crisantes replied that they can be bought at the Tubac Market, but otherwise, it’s a large-scale wholesale operation based on selling pallets of 100 cases each.

The company’s goal is to provide healthy foods, and grow organic produce that isn’t too expensive for average families, he said. Greenhouses help increase the yield, which in turn, can lower the sales cost. “For the food to be truly healthy, we want it to come from healthy fields,” Crisantes said.

They have to manage pests without resorting to harsh chemicals and they have to enrich soil in a natural way. Crisantes said that soil is different from dirt. “I’m talking about something that’s alive with microbiological organisms. That’s important because of the way plants absorb nutrients.

“The plant grows, it’s in soil. We want to emphasize diversity which is important. When we create a monoculture, it’s tempting for the type of bug that wants to eat that species because there is no one to compete against. Diversity keeps pests from over exploding.

“We’re going to have pests in our greenhouse; we can’t get rid of them. We just need to accept they’re there and balance them out by making a more diverse environment,” Crisantes said.

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“Energy conservation is a big part of our company,” he said. At the Nogales distribution warehouse, for example, “we were the first ones to put in solar panels. Now we see other produce companies calling us” for information.

To sell organic produce at a cost that everyone can afford, Crisantes said, “We think that the key is in the yields.

In agriculture, yields are what, economically, make or break an operation. Currently, organic yields are 15 to 35 percent below conventional yields. We have some (organic) commodities that are getting close to breaking that, but conventional yields are also growing every year.”

To improve the yield, the company has several strategies.

Those include more sophisticated growing practices, biocontrol and the best use of technology, he said.

The Amado greenhouses are heated in the winter with natural gas. Water is heated in boilers and then piped through the greenhouse for radiant heat. Summer temperatures are moderated with evaporative cooling.

“Right now we only have tomatoes, but our plan is to introduce more variety as we go along,” Crisantes said.

That could include cucumbers, bell peppers, eggplant and other commodities.

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Local restaurants are at the ready to help out and remove a bit of the burden, while providing a comfortable location and a range of tasty selections.

Here’s a list of some nearby options.

Kristofer’s in the Amado Territory Ranch is open Wednesday, Nov. 21, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. with a traditional holiday menu served buffet style. Call 6250331.

On Thanksgiving Day, a dinner for individuals who are alone on the holiday will be held again for the sixth year. The restaurant opens around noon and everyone will sit together at a large table for dinner around 1:30 p.m. There’s no charge but the meal is limited to only people who are alone on the holiday (not for couples). Volunteers are welcome and should call a week in advance to see how they can assist.

On the day after Thanksgiving, Kristofer’s starts the annual “Walleye Friday” dinners featuring pickerel, a freshwater fish. Reservations are needed several days in advance because it’s a popular meal.

Stables Ranch Grille at the Tubac Golf Resort plans on regular offerings Wednesday, Nov. 21, and Friday, Nov. 23, including breakfast, lunch and dinner. On Thanksgiving Day, breakfast will be available from 6:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. From noon until 7 p.m., the restaurant will serve a special Thanksgiving plated meal with a choice of entrees including turkey, prime rib or salmon. The cost is $38 or $10 for children ages 10 and under. Call 398-2678.

The Italian Peasant restaurant will follow its regular schedules on Wednesday and Friday, serving from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Thanksgiving Day, the restaurant plans to offer two seatings, one at 1 p.m. and one at 4 p.m., with a traditional holiday menu.

Call 398-2668.

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Tubac Jack’s. Open Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and the bar is open later. Call 3983161.

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DeAnza Restaurant. Open Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 398-0300.

Maria’s Grill. Open Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 398-3350.

Tumacácori Restaurant. Open Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Call 398-9038.

Melio’s Restaurant. Open Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Call 398-8494.

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hanksgiving Day on Thursday, Nov. 22, means a time of traditional meals and enjoyment. It’s a time when many people have relatives and friends visiting and that results in a lot of cooking and cleaning up for the hostess and host.

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dog costume contest held at Maria’s Grill on October 31st as a benefit for Aiden’s Angels A local non-profit foundation that helps support and comfort families involved with organ donation. A raffle and silent auction were part of the event. Fundraising is ongoing to furnish two rooms for families going through the donation process with their loved ones at the University of Arizona Medical Center and to help defray unexpected funeral costs for families. Awareness and promotion of organ donation is also a component within the charitable group.

Top, left: Judges included (L to R) Santa Cruz County Supervisor John Maynard, Sue Smith (Maynard’s campaign manager) and John Benck of the Amado Feed Store.

Left: Jayme Lafata and Gigi from Green Valley, Heidi Richter and Li from Amado – two of the three first place winners of the contest. Third winner was Suzy Gam’s Papillion, Apples from Sahuarita. All three ladies donated their prize money to Aiden’s Angels.

Center: Michael Brooks of Amado holds Little Bear, a Peruvian Inca Orchid breed, dressed as a scarecrow. Heidi Richter is fostering this dog for a Chinese Crested Rescue group until a new owner is found. www.crest-care.net Right: Bebe, owned by Richter, reigns the patio at Maria’s Grill, dressed as a ballerina.

For more information, go to www. aidensangels.com and www.donatelifeaz.org.

Photographs from Around Tubac by Kristine White Anza Days in Tubac Anza Days provided a rich cultural experience for audiences at the Tubac Presidio with a parade, dancers, historical reenactments, crafts, music and food, a 5K Fun Run, and Mass at Mission San Jose de Tumacacori.

Far left: Ballet Folklorico dancers Alexa Madrid and Emmanuel Carrillo from Lourdes Academy in Nogales Right: Anza Ambassadors performed a Living History Skit in period dress, led by director Yara Sanchez (not pictured).

Bottom, center: Carolyn Webb shows kids how to make yarn craft in the Presidio's Old Schoolhouse.

Bottom, right: Marianna Campos of the Lourdes Academy Dancers performed a solo on the main stage at Presidio Park.

Anza Days was sponsored by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce, Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Tubac Historical Society, Anza Trail Coalition of Arizona and Tubac Rotary.

For information on future events, call the Tubac Presidio 520-398-2252 or info@tubacpp.com or stop by the park at 1 Burruel Street.

Kristine White is a freelance photographer in Tubac offering photography services in Green Valley, Sahuarita and Santa Cruz County (520) 401-1551

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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16TH, 2:00PM Christmas concert by TaliasVan’s Bright & Morning Star Choir & Orchestra, a magnificent 40-voice choir! Opening performance by Israfel Awakened.

Donations benefit Global Community Communications Schools for Children & Teens. Donations appreciated Tubac Plaza Main Stage. 29 Tubac Plaza, Tubac, AZ. www.GlobalChangeMultiMedia.org (520) 398-2542

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 1PM - 4PM Workshop: Memories & Heirlooms: Handcrafted Ornament Workshop with Nancy Corrigan at the Tubac Center of the Arts. $50.00 / members, $60.00 / non-members. 398-2371 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 7PM AND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 AT 2PM AND 7PM Celebrating its twelfth outstanding season, Tucson’s own Ballet Rincon Academy of Dance presents Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Ballet.

On Christmas Eve a young girl, named Clara, is given a Nutcracker Doll at her family Christmas party by her much loved Uncle Drosselmeyer, a magical inventor. The doll is broken by her jealous brother Fritz at the party, but this is no ordinary Nutcracker as Clara learns that night. When the house is at rest, Clara goes downstairs to check on her beloved doll. In the shadows, Uncle Drosselmeyer casts a spell over the Nutcracker Doll, as the Mouse King attacks. On rescuing Clara from the Mouse King, the doll turns into the Nutcracker Prince. He takes Clara on a magical journey through the Land of the Snow, to the Land of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy honors the couple with sweet entertainment from around the world. As the spell comes to an end, Clara is left wondering if it was all a dream.

Come enjoy this family tradition with Ballet Rincon, guest artists Mark Nichols (University of Arizona Dance) and Chris Compton, at the Vail Theatre of the Arts 10701 E Mary Ann Cleveland Way, Reserved Ticket Pricing: Orchestra $14.00 per adult, $12.00 for seniors and children. Mezzanine $10.00 per adult, $8.00 for seniors and children. Tickets go on sale in the studio o ce on Monday, November 19th during normal business hours, Studio office is located in Civano at 10544 E. Seven Generations Way #200. Tickets will also be sold at the theater box office starting one hour prior to each performance. For more information call Ballet Rincon at 574-2804 http://www.ballet-rincon.com

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 7:00 PM Avalon Gardens' Holiday Celebration Ages 12 & up - $9 advance / $12 day of event; Ages 6-11 - $6 advance / $9 day of event; Ages 5 & under – free. Live music, baked yummies, Santa Claus, a Christmas play called “The God Child Came”, and a special children’s Christmas songs presentation. Proceeds benefit Global Community Communications Schools for Children & Teens. Avalon Gardens, 2074 Pendleton Dr., Tumacacori, AZ www.GlobalChangeMultiMedia.org (520) 398-2542 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, STARTING AT 3PM Cowboy Christmas, Quick Draw and Auction: Artists duel the clock at Rogoway Gallery Torquois Tortoise and Tubac Territory Furniture's Cowboy Christmas Party 3:00-4:00pm Quick draw. 4:30-5:30pm wine and appetizers Auction of Quick Draw works. Raffle of carved mesquite sideboard 5:30-8:30pm Dinner and Western music. Proceeds earned go to benefit the Hi-Art program at the Tubac Center for the Arts. Call (520) 398-2913 or (520) 398-2041 for more information.

Calendar listings are welcome from advertisers and non-profit, public events.

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Observe play. Play is practice. It’s the imagination at work. I was never one to play house or enjoy tea sets, although I did love one doll fiercely. I found her in a summer house. She was a small, abandoned, plastic creature, with hair that was mostly missing, and sky blue eyes meant to open and shut but operating at fifty percent, giving her a permanent wink. Whatever, she was sadly compromised. I made clothes for her, a bed, a blanket and a pillow. I bathed her and slept with her. She was my little Beth, my cherished baby. Need I say that she was my first born, my surrogate child until I was of age?

“American” experiences. They say things like, “I really like America.” Only one of the four has a soldier’s heart. He loves war games, guns, hero costumes and weaponry. It is all about forts and good guys and bad guys and super powers and physical superiority for him. He’s only eight but he is on his way to a military academy somewhere. One day he came into the kitchen dressed in his camouflage pajamas, boots, a green ski mask and carrying his sponge bullet rifle.

“I am going to hunt squirrels,” he announced to his mom. “Okay, then, see you at lunch,” she said, only half noting his costume. In what seemed like only minutes, he ran back into the house swinging a very dead squirrel by the tail, its four little legs stiff as wood. Rigor mortis had obviously set-in.

“I got him, I got him!” he yelled. “He was just lying in the street and I shot him. I knew I hit him because he didn’t move!” His mother turned, saw the poor creature, imagined bubonic plague, trichinosis, encephalitis, meningitis, e-coli and let out a shriek and said,” Out! Out! Get that thing out of here!” A

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Imagination can make what is impossible appear possible. A sponge can become a bullet, a butterfly an omen, a rainbow a smile. Imagination can take a spirit and raise it to great heights sending a boy from Hope to lead the most powerful nation in the world and a skinny kid from Hoboken to break hearts singing things his way. A marginal farmer named Frost writes homey impressions of rural America and becomes his country’s prized poet laureate. Justin Beiber with a hairdo, a camera and the stuff of dreams makes himself a star. It is amazing isn’t it?

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Imagination not only lets us fulfill our human potential. It helps us turn a bleak landscape into a flowering field, a village, a city. It serves the planet as we make dirty rivers clean and polluted skies clear. It makes diminishing energy supplies a solvable challenge as we reinvent windmills, capture sunshine, utilize waterfalls and the tides and try to harness cold fusion. It feeds the minds and bodies of those who seek to make a better future. Now, vegetables are growing on rooftops, sprouts proliferate in cellars, and rain barrels have become status symbols.

Imagination hugs life as it films creatures and their progeny in their habitats. It informs the earth’s stewards about all living things, their connection and their purpose, so we can reach for a peaceable planet and the balance that would serve it best.

And imagination can take us to outer space and the possibilities of an endless multiverse. It wonders if life actually could fall from one galaxy to another, spiraling through space in a molten rock that explodes on some foreign surface. It sees new life forms emerging and converging. It sees tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow as ideas rearrange themselves, adapt, and build, and lead to new questions to carry us forward into the great mystery of time.

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There have been many concerns expressed by Tubac and Rio Rico residents about the status of the Tubac Clinic. The good new is . . . the Clinic is now being run by Northwest Healthcare’s Northwest Allied Physicians . They say, “We have made a smooth transition and are committed to taking care of the Tubac community as Dr. Linnemann did.”

Northwest Medical Center is actively recruiting for a full-time physician to staff the Tubac office, but can’t say how long this process will take. In the mean time, Dr. Francisco Rivera from Northwest Allied Physicians’ Green Valley office will be at the Tubac Clinic four half days/week. Patients can schedule an appointment with him for either the Tubac or Green Valley clinic. Cassandra and Alexa are still in the clinic and will be happy to schedule the appointments.

There was a bit of confusion about calling the clinic for a few weeks while Northwest Healthcare was applying for their State of AZ Certification allowing them to legally open the clinic. During this time, the Tubac Clinic office staff was in Tucson for orientation and the office was being painted. Unfortunately, the painter unplugged the phone system so calls were not forwarded and all messages were lost. We sincerely apologize for the concern that has created. But it’s all back in working order now, so don’t hesitate to call for an appointment! The phone number is 398-9604. Tubac office hours are: Monday and Thursday 1p.m. – 5 p.m.

Tuesday and Friday 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Dr. Rivera is also available in his Green Valley office at 1295 W. Duval Mine Road, suite 101, during these hours: Monday and Thursday 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Tuesday and Friday 1p.m. – 5 p.m.

The new “official” name for the Tubac Clinic will be: Northwest Allied Physicians at Tubac. You can go http://www.nwalliedphysicians.com, click on “Medical Staff ” and then “Francisco Rivera, MD” to see Dr. Rivera’s bio.

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With only THREE countries in the world that still have active cases of Polio the Tubac Rotary Club is joining with 30,000 other Rotary Clubs throughout the world to raise funds "To End Polio Now". The Rotary Clubs have been challenged by the offer of matching funds from the "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation" to raise $200,000,000 for this project.

The Tubac Rotary Club is making fundraising fun by doing something that is unique to their community. After a successful event last year the Rotarians are organizing a Poker Hike along the Anza Trail on Sat November 17th starting 10 - 10:30 am. The 2+ mile walk will have five spots along the trail to pick up cards for a poker hand. Prizes are not for the fastest walker but for the best poker hand.

People of all abilities are invited to join us . Enjoy a pleasant morning in Tubac with lunch at the Secret Garden Inn .

Please register beforehand by calling 520-398-1913 or 520-628-9278

To be fully protected against this debilitating disease which is easily transmitted, THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO BE POLIO FREE . The task is nearly done, the push to eradicate Polio is on its final inch.

Margaret Hansen des Groseilliers Tubac Rotary Club

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A Brief History: Born in Michigan, lived in Detroit. Cooley High School and a year in college, joined Canadian Women's Army Corp. when World War II was underway, had to be 20 to join in the US and I had just turned 19, so I became a 'Quack.' I had an interesting life in Canada, mostly in Toronto, where I drove many kinds of carriers and trucks for the motor pool.

When I turned 20 after 1 1/2 years, I transferred to the American Army and became a W.A.C. I was in the motor pool, and every supper time, among my other duties, I drove the German prisoners of war to supper at the mess hall, during these times the mess Sgt. Rano Papini would sit with me, and wouldn't you know? He was the one! We married after we left the service, he found a job with Daisy Air Rifle Company in Plymouth, Michigan only 10 miles from our home in Northville, where we had moved.

Rano became a supervisor in Final Assembly at the Daisy, I had a job in Public Relations.

Daisy moved to Rogers, Arkansas in 1958 and we and our three dear children, Penn age 12, Claire age 11, and Rano Paul, age 2 years, found a lovely 2 story Victorian home and were very happy in Arkansas. The children were busy in school and all three went to the University of Arkansas. One by

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one they married, had children and settled in their own homes.

Rano retired from Daisy after 32 years. I retired after 20 years.

After Rano passed in 1992, my scoliosis, which I've had for many years became worse and I could not live in such a big house. In 1995 my daughter Claire and her husband Gary thought I'd better move to Tubac, Arizona, they've been here over 26 years, I came!

I had a livery trailer at the Tubac Trailer Tether and it was great living there, friendly people, good landlord and plentiful birds, perfect! I saw my first javelina and enjoyed them.

Due to age and a few falls, my spine began to curve more and Claire invited me to live in her 'Casita" or guest house, right next door to her. Only 2 rooms but lovely, and when I open my door in the morning, the sunrise is so beautiful it takes my breath away. I enjoyed the monsoons this year as never before, I miss them.

The sunsets are like nothing I've ever seen, the nights are dark and the stars without number. My patio looks out over beautiful fields that go to the Santa Cruz River, which runs north from Mexico.

The Santa Rita Mountains are behind all this beauty, 9800 ft. of extreme height and colors, all in the sweep of my eyes. The height and the canyons that make up the Santa Rita are breathtaking and even more so if you traverse the long winding road to the very top where the Mount Hopkins Observatory awaits you. It's a breathtaking experience and one you'll long remember, I'm fortunate to have gone up, up, up, four times!

If you've never tasted Dottie's Mug Cake, make it a must! It's the best chocolate cake I've ever tasted, it's moist, delicious and lasts for ages. Just ask Sherry Hull's granddaughter Larkin, she came for a visit and couldn't stop eating the mug cake. If your microwave is powerful you may want to check after 2 or 2 1/2 minutes. Just slide a sharp knife around the cake and out is comes, no frosting needed!

Also, you could ask Atticus Birkett, he was my guest today, along with his beautiful mother, Hallie, he loved the cake and ate it all up!

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Must share a funny time with you. Several weeks ago, I had an appointment at the Veterans' Hospital, I only can walk with a walker and as I went down a crowded aisle, a man stood against the wall to allow me to pass - as I went by I ran over his toes with my wheel - he said as he laughed, "I'm sure glad you're not driving a car," I agreed, little did he know I was good in a car, a walker is a challenge!

I smelled the scent of my favorite desert animal this morning, very faint, not like a skunk. I was pleased to know they visit at night, I continue my love of the javelina.

As I conclude this column, a raven with it's 4 ft. wing span drops for a bite of bird food, wonders never cease. I remember once again that the Lord created all this beauty and I am in it's grasp every single day, what a glorious day it is…Praise God!

The birds are a great part of each day, they keep me company as I listen. I wish each and everyone of you a wonderful Thanksgiving!

These recipes will help you all through the holiday season. Unforgettably good, easy and some are great to give. The crockpot candy is delicious, the cake in a mug…unforgettable treat! Please do try all.

Dottie's Chocolate Mug Cake

1 coffee mug, good sized 4 tbl. flour 4 tbl. sugar 2 tbl. cocoa 1 egg 3 tbl. milk 3 tbl. oil 4 tbl. chocolate chips Grease mug with fingertip of butter, add dry ingredients to mug, stir well. Add egg, mix again. Pour in milk, oil and chocolate chips, mix again. Put in mug in microwave, cook 3 min. Fun to make, fun to watch and fun to eat. Enough in one mug for two or three - any age goes for it.

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Open Studio Tour Call For Artists!

TCA’s Santa Cruz Valley Artist’s Open Studio Tour OST) is an annual event held Fri., Sat., & Sun., March 22, 23, & 24, 2013. Artists from Sahuarita to Nogales open their studios to share their art and art making process with the public. OST is a marketing opportunity for serious professionals and a supportive environment to nurture and present new talent. Visit the TCA website at www.TubacArts.org for a prospectus or call 520-398-2371 for more information on how you can participate.

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These recipes will help you all through the holiday season. Unforgettably good, easy and some are great to give.

The crockpot candy is delicious, the cake in a mug‌unforgettable treat! Please do try all.

Sweet Potatoes with a Flair

1 large can sweet potatoes or 3 fresh ones you've peeled and cooked. Some like mashed, sone prefer pieces, do your favorite.

Now add: 1/2 c. fresh cranberries 1/2 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. orange juice 1/2 c. chopped pecans Stir until blended, put in baking dish, bake 325 degrees 30 minutes. Lovely!

Green Bean Bundles

2 cans whole green beans 1/2 c. brown sugar 3/4 stick butter, melted 12 strips of bacon cut in half garlic salt Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around, seam side down. Place in large baking pan in rows, pour butter mixture over each bundle, sprinkle with garlic salt, cover and bake in a 325 degree over for 20 minutes, uncover, turn bundles over and bake 20 more min. til bacon is done.

Dutch Peach Pie

Salted Pecans

1 c. white sugar 1 c. lite corn syrup 2 eggs, well beaten 1 c. broken pecans 2 tbl. soft butter 1/4 tsp. salt Cream butter and sugar, add salt, eggs, syrup and nuts, mix well. Bake in new pastry shell 50 to 60 minutes at 300 degrees.

Delicious to Eat or Give 1/2 c. oil 4 tbl. white corn syrup 4 c. whole pecans salt Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan, add pecans and stir well. After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 300 degree oven, bake for 15 min. stir nuts. Do this 3 times, check that nuts don't get too brown. Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper. Sprinkle with salt. Soooooo good!

Crock Pot Candy

1 16oz. jar roasted peanuts 1 12oz can cashews 1 12oz package semi sweet choc. bits 1 8oz block Baker's semi sweet choc.

1 24oz block almond bark, white or dark Layer in order in crock pot, nuts on bottom, break almond bark with hammer.

Cook on low for three hours.

Do Not Peek! Turn off, let rest for 30 min. Stir and drop by tsp. on parchment paper or wax paper. Cool.

My dear friend, Rosie Whyte who lives in Glenbeulah, Wisconsin says that in a nearby county during Halloween, a game warden arrested a ghost, the reason? He didn't have a "Haunting License."

Also in the same county, many ghosts were going to the bars - Why? 'For the Boos!'

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